Security forces on Friday detected and defused two suspected box-type Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. He said during a joint search operation by the Army and the police, two small boxes were found in Bhata Durian Forest.
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He said that these boxes were suspected to be IEDs and they were destroyed in-situ. This is the third instance of IED detection by soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir since Thursday.
An Army patrol on Thursday detected and defused an IED mounted on a tree branch in the forest area of Savalkot of Ratangir Ridge and later defused it. Earlier, security forces defused an IED in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.
